Mentor Crystal - Plexi Case Review

A no-name High Quality plexi case? Is it possible? Mentor is not a very well known brand but they do deliver some impressive products. This "Crystal Plexi" sure is a looker. Find out if it easy to build your system in this see-through extravanganza...

Introduction

Introduction:

PointerX dropped of this no-name case at my doorstep.Well it isn’t completely no-name. This case has been re-distributed by others under names as "Sunbeam Clear Acrylic PC Case" and "Xoxide X-Clear Clear Case". Both these "editions" come completely disassembled. The mentor case I received was in one whole however. The only difference beside the name was the absence of a fifth blowhole at the top. So there are 4x 80mm blowholes present and not 5 as seen in the Sunbeam and Xoxide versions.

Specifications:

4 x 5.25" exposed bays

2 x 3.5" exposed bays

5 x 3.5" internal HDD bays

4 x 80mm blowholes (1 in front, 1 in back and 2 on side panel)

Accepts standard ATX motherboard (12" x 10.2")

Dimensions: 445mm(H) x 220mm(W) x 475mm(D)

First thing I did was removing the protective paper that was applied to avoid scratches on the Plexi surfaces.

The included goodie box contained the following items:

a manual - Instructions on how most parts were assembled, but lacks detailed information

screws and other goodies to install your cdrom/hd/floppy drives

a pair of white gloves - don’t want to get dirty finger prints on those Plexi plates!